Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is fully healthy, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Andrew Luck is fully healthy, per report, but has awful Week 9 fantasy matchup
The Colts’ signal caller has a clean bill of health, but not the best of fantasy matchups ahead. We break down the fantasy implications.
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The implication is that he wasn’t healthy even upon returning from absences in Week 4 and Week 5, despite not popping up on the injury report recently. Luck has faced difficult matchups throughout the season, but hasn’t assumed the dominant form he had in 2014 that had many fantasy owners selecting him as the first quarterback off the board. However, if his struggles continue, Rapoport’s report suggests it isn’t due to injuries.
Fantasy impact: Despite the clean bill of health, fantasy owners ought to be looking long and hard for a backup option for Week 9. The struggling Luck draws a matchup with the Denver Broncos' defense, which just held the elite Aaron Rodgers to 77 passing yards amid a game script that called for the Packers to air it out.
That number isn’t meant to imply that Luck’s totals will be lower, but that an immense challenge presents itself against a defense that has imposed its will against every team it has faced. Luck’s owners needed a backup plan when he was injured earlier in the season, and Week 9 would be a good week to go back to that.
